LOCAL POWER AND JUDICIAL CORRUPTION IN THE EXTREMADURA OF THE 16TH CENTURY: ALONSO DE MONROY (1583)

Abstract

Alonso de Monroy, son of Francisco de Monroy and brother-in-law of the count of Medellin, stars in an attempt of judicial corruption to a significant usurpation of land adjacent to the apiary of his father. He Tap or make any promises to witnesses and the notary of Medellín. Also, he choose for your evi- dence a notary attached to its family that does not meet the required conditions and has had a career full of irregularities. The justice, however, shows their ability to act in the face of this situation and prevent its mediatization by a powerful person with the inaction of the count of Medellin.